Fence.



P. HOWARD.

FENCE.

APPLIOATKD! FILED 001. 25, 1901.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

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album!" P. HOWARD.

FENCE.

APPLICATION TILED 0012211907.

Patehted Sept 22, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

FATE J71 OFFICE,

specification of Letters Patent.

Pittc'nte'd Sept. 22, 1908.

Application filed October 26, 1907. Serial No. 399,111.

I-n it known that l. l t.\'l\'.-;'l'u.\' llt)\\ \ltt) It 'itit rtt ol' the L'nitt-tl States, rt-sitling :tl \Y-Ilherl'ort-e, in the ro-tnt v of (lreene :tntl State of Ohio, have inventml t't!tlttil\ new and uselul lntprovenn-nts in l' ent-es, of which the following is .-t spevitiention.

Thi invention relates to lone-es, ttlt l more pttrtieuhtrly to wire tenees, :uul llrls forits ol ent to provide a \\'ll" tent-e stt'tlt'ttltt" tuehnllug phtstie, posts whirl: will he simple in eon- Slttltllttll, strong, tlumhle :ttul cheap to nmnuttteture.

Other objects tilltl advantages will he uppntenl front the following description and it will-he llltltl'rIlOtNl lltztt ehuuges in the spoeilir'. structure :-l\t).\tt entl tleserihetl uni he uuule within the scope f he claims without tlepartitrq front the spirit. o tlte invention.

lit the drawings forming n portion of this specification and in whit-h like numerals 0trtrlerent-e intlienln Sltttilut pnrts in the several views, '-i 5ure I. is a side ('lt-\'ttlltllltll view of a. fence onstruetetl in :u-eorthnure with my intentiou. Fig. 2. is a. vertienl ltillgllUtlllltllStC- tiotntl view, Fig. .5. i :1 cross set'tiouttl view.

on the line Si -3 of Fig. t, Fig. is at vross sectional view on the line -l--tof Fig. t, Fig. 5, is :l t'r ss sectional view of n nmtlilietl form of post. Fig. ti, is vertical longitudinal seetinnul view of the form shown in Fig. 5, Fig.

7, is :t t rnss sertiotnt view of it further nu'nlillttl form of dost, Fig. S, is at Cross sectional view of the l)lzl(.( post on the line. '5 of Fig. l

Referring now more pttrtieuhtrlt tn the drawings, there is shown a fence including line posts It). The line posts each inelutle a plastic lJUtly portion 11 having vertical strengthening wires 12. A lot'tgitutlinatiy extending groove I3 is formed in each post It, :nnl seated in this groove, there is shown it vertienl trip ol" wootl H. provided with tronsversely ('-.\'tentlin; pins 15 whieh are enthetltlt'tl in the. hotly portion of the post, as shown, and thus serve as an atn-hort'or the strips.

llceesses it} are lortnetl in 0 posite itles of the post for tt purpose to he tereitntfter tlescribe-l. Bruce. posts I? are provided at interval along the line of the fence. out] these. eonsi t of a plastic ho-ly portion 1S. :unlj

these posts have their upper entls hevehnl. as shown it! If) untl urrnugetl to lit: n 'ttiust the fIUJ-t" of tin: posts It). The posts I: are provitlett with longitudinally extending; grooves are thus urrttngetl to receive strips of wood 2t) whi -h nre .sitnihtr to the strip H, and these posit; are thus made interentngeuhle, wherehy the lIltUJ-O p stsunuv ho tisetl at either .sitle ot the, posts It). pruvitletl with rentrztl tlHll 5-. :;!lltltill)=|llextetnling streuglhenin; rotls 2t, aunt siinilztr rolls .23 are provided within the post. The upper heveletl entls in of the posts 17 tlf'l prctvitletl \\'ttlt projeetions 23, and these are thus arranged t lie. within the et-es 1G turmo l in the post. It). At: :tnehor t'ttl(.tt at the lower etnl of 't post 13, and this nnehor is lttltl to the post Why nzeeus of a transverse bolt Lo.

From the c nstruction shown runl tleserihett, it will he seen that =1 sink-pie, strong, tlUTill)l( fll'ttl ehenp post i provitleil, aunt hy the arrangement f grooves whit-h are'l'ortnetl in the posts, :unl the strips which me urlatngetl within the grooves, that/ nn elt'eetive means is [)lt'H'itlO'tl tor holding t to line wires 20 to the posts. Staples .2? are shown as Silll])ltl ll lt"nlllf tnennst'or set-uring the line wires to the posts, and these staples: may be tlriven into the strips or otherwise heltl thereto.

\VOtHltll mils may he secured to the strips if (ltSllCtl.

In the form of ntv invention shownin1 igs. 5 anti 6. thereis stown tt gate post 28, and

The postt? are- While the drawings show a' wiretencu .Stllltttlte it will of course he understood that this post is sintihtr in eoustruetion to theforms shown in Figs. 1 t0 4. with the. omis- .sion of the grooves l3, and to provide a greater surfnre for the tlltz'tfjlllttttliof gate hinges, a strip 29 is secured to the entire surface of one fare of the post. and transverse bolts 30 are pttf'tr ttl through thisstrip and through passages Ill-in the. posts, and these holts' have their inner entts iliSPUSLtl within recesses 32, which are formed in the posts and these reeesses :tlso retive the nuts 33 for the holts 30. metallic washer plate 3.) is arranged hetween the outer [nee of the post. :uut the inner fare of the strip 21) and serves to [)l'fllflltg the life of the post.

-ln the form of int invention shown in Figs. 7 anti i provitle it h ll w pipe 0l' pottery or other suittthle nutter l. tlntl within this pipe, there. 's shown t1 lilting of concrete 3-3 or other plastic nntterntl. \et'titfll strip 3t; is seeurt-tl to the post h tumors of bolts 37. llet'esses 38 :tm iortue i in the sitters of the post, :tntl these reeesses ar arranged to .10 'nt ppositc sides and these grooves receive the projections 23, as stated.

What is claimed is:

L-In a fence structure, the combination with a lustic post having a longitudinally disposed strip upon one face, the post havin" recesses adjacent its upper end and at its sirlc faces, of a brace post of plastic material f having a projection at its upper end disposed in one of the recesses, an anchor caring a recess in one of its side faces, of a plastic 15 brace post having 1'. projection disposed in the, recess, said brace post having a centrally located strengthenin rod terminating at its upper end within t m projection, and an angular y disposed anchor carried by the 29 brace post at the lower end thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signatur in presence of two witnesses.

PIN KSTON I-IO\VARD.

Witnesses:

H. LINDSAY, CARL JENxINs. 

